INPUT AND EVIDENCE LEDGER
Put the two cases on the same footing.
| Field | Value | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Current salary | $100,000 | User scenario |
| Current rent / other spending | $2,100 / $2,000 monthly | User scenario |
| Destination salary | $125,000 | User scenario |
| Destination rent / other spending | $3,200 / $2,200 monthly | User scenario |
DECISION READING
Read the gap, not just the winner.
More than half of the headline monthly raise is absorbed by the entered rent and spending difference before federal, FICA, state, local, benefit, or insurance effects are calculated.
REPRODUCIBLE WORK
The comparison ledger.
| Check | Formula or rule | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Current pre-tax room | $100,000 ÷ 12 − $2,100 − $2,000 | About $4,233 per month |
| Destination pre-tax room | $125,000 ÷ 12 − $3,200 − $2,200 | About $5,017 per month |
| Headline monthly raise | $25,000 ÷ 12 | About $2,083 |
| Pre-tax room gained | $5,017 − $4,233 | About $784 per month |
SOURCE SNAPSHOT
Official context and the limited role it supports.
SENSITIVITY
Conditions that can reverse the gap.
- A $300 rent error changes the monthly result by exactly $300.
- Filing status, benefits, and state or local tax can materially change take-home pay.
- Childcare, commuting, and health costs should be added as explicit household inputs.
HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY + AI USE RECORD
The owner is accountable; the technical checks were AI-assisted.
The TOOOLBOX site owner authorized the publication scope and remains the correction contact. AI assistance was used for drafting, implementation, arithmetic recomputation, and source-link checks. This record does not claim line-by-line human fact-checking or licensed professional review.
- Record ID
- TB-MOVE-04-20260906
- Owner role
- TOOOLBOX site owner and developer
- Technical check date
- 2026-09-06
- Human fact-check
- No separate human fact-check recorded
- AI use
- Drafting, code, arithmetic, and link checks
- Correction channel
- Public contact page
- Recomputed current and destination monthly room directly from the four declared salary and cost inputs.
- Reconciled the $2,083 headline monthly raise with the approximately $784 pre-tax room gained.
- Checked every heading and conclusion for language that could be mistaken for take-home pay or a market average.
BOUNDARIES
Claims this comparison cannot support.
- This case is a pre-tax screen, not a take-home-pay result.
- The salaries and costs are illustrative and are not market averages.
- It does not assess job stability, schools, health care, or quality of life.
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